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“Patriarchy, reformed or unreformed, is patriarchy still: its worst abuses purged or foresworn, it might actually be more stable and secure than before.”
― Kate Millett, Sexual Politics

“...the old pillars of an old decadent structure, are also built on the sexual fallacy. (Or as one is tempted to pun, phallacy.)”
― Kate Millett, Sexual Politics

“There’s something disturbing about recalling a warm memory and feeling utterly cold.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“Her heart leaped like a frog out of a child’s fist.”
― Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads